After the Rain (2000)

Sam Vaknin's essay collection examines post-communist transition, corruption, financial schemes, and political economy in Eastern Europe and beyond. (Open Library)

Watches

Rolex watch: Vaknin describes a flashy financial entourage as "Rolex waving", using the brand as shorthand for visible luxury.

Source text: In the unctuously perfumed propinquity of their Mercedesed, Rolex waving entourage—the polydipsic natives dissolve in their irresistible charm and the temptations of the cash: mountainous returns on capital, effulgent profits, no collaterals, track record, or business plan required. Total security is cloyingly assured. (Project Gutenberg ebook 4685)